[mythtv-users] Comcast STB upgrade breaks firewire channel changing

[Christian Szpilfogel]

On 08/03/2011 6:51 PM, Gabe Rubin wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 3:47 PM, Nasa<nasa01 at comcast.net>  wrote:
>> ----- "Stephen Otto"<sotto at emsco.com>  wrote:
>> I tried this and got:
>>
>> ./mythchanger -c 220 -v
>>
>> mythchanger .10f beta
>>
>> Acquiring firewire handle... OK.
>> 1 port(s) found
>>
>> Acquiring handle on port 0... 1 devices detected.
>> STB Vendor ID: 0x1947 Model ID: 0x0be0, Scientific Atlanta Model SA3250HD
>>
>>
>> Skipping empty node 1
>> 1 STB(s) found:
>> -------------
>> STB 1: port=0, node=0, changer=1, GUID=0x0019472d784a0000
>>
>> Note: it didn't change channels...
>>
> Look at my email in this thread, where I link to a prior email sent to
> the list detailing what to do this information.  Once you have the
> Vendor ID and Model ID, you will need to use that information to
> modify the source code and recompile.  It sounds daunting, but it is
> very easy.  I can't code and I try not to install from source because
> I seem to always have make error out on me, but this worked fine.
>
I'm pretty sure "mythchanger -f" with either 2 or 4 should work for the 
SA3250. It will not need any code changes as the -f option forces the 
protocol choice.

By chance did your cableco move to 4 digit channels?